THE  KLAWITERS 

16156  Alcimo  Avenue 

Pacific  Palisades,  California 


Glimpses 


World's  Fair 


A  Selection  of 

Gems  of  the  White  City 


Seen 


THROUGH  A  CAflERA 


/lain  Exhibition  Buildings  •:•  Grounds 
All  Foreign  Buildings  •:•  AH  State  and  Territorial 
Buildings  •:•  Statuary  •:•  Lagoons 
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CHICAGO 

LAIRD  &  LEE,  PUBLISHERS 

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ENTERED 

ACCORDING  TO  ACT  OF  CONGRESS 
IN  THE  YEAR  EIGHTEEN  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY-THREE 

BY  LAIRD  &  LEE 

IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  LIBRARIAN  OF  CONGRESS 
AT  WASHINGTON 


ALL  OF    THE    PICTURES  IN    THIS  BOOK 

No.  4  KODAK, 

MADK  BY  THK  EASTMAN   KODAK  CO., 
UOCHESTEK,  N.  Y. 


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ADMINISTRATION  BUILDING. 
Dimensions :  262  feet  square ;  height  of  dome,  277}$  feet;  floor  area,  4.2  acres.    Cost,  $550,000. 


MACHINERY   HALL. 

Size,  846  by  492  feet.     Floor  area,  17M  acres.    Annex.  550  by  490  feet.     Floor  area  of  Ar 
Cost.  $1.200,000. 


GOVERNMENT  BUILDING. 
Size,  415  by  345  feet.    Floor  area,  6  acres.     Height  of  dome,  236  feet.    Cost,  $400,000. 


MANUFACTURES  BUILDING  PROM  MACHINERY  HALL. 

Size   1687  by  787  feet     Covers  32  acres.     7,000,000  feet  of  lumber  in  the  floor.     Cost,  $1,700,000. 

Largest  building  in  the  world.     Three  times  larger  than  St.  Peter's  at  Rome. 

Highest  point  of  roof,  '237.6  feet. 


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HORTICULTURAL  BUILDING. 

Size,  1000  by  240  feet.     Floor  area,  6K  acres.     Dome,  114  feet  high  and  180  feet  in  diameter. 
Cost,  $300,000. 


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ELECTRICITY  BUILDING. 
Size,  700  by  345  feet.     Floor  area,  9X  acres.    Cost,  $410,000. 


WOMAN'S    BUILDING. 
Size,  388  by  199  feet.     Designed  by  Miss  Sofia.  G.  Hayden,  of  Boston.     Cost,  $138,000. 


MINES  AND  MINING  BUILDING. 
Size,  700  by  350  feet.     Floor  area,  8^  acres.     Cost,  $265,000. 


DETAIL  OF  FISHERIES  BUILDING. 


PALACE  OF  FINE  ARTS. 

ize,  500  by  320  feet,  with  two  annexes,  each  200  by  120  feot,    Floor  area,  5  acres.    Fireproof. 
Cost,  $670,000. 


TRANSPORTATION  BUILDING. 
Size,  960  by  256  feet— besides  Annex  covering  about  9  acres — total  floor  space,  20  acres.     Cost,  $370,000. 


ADMINISTRATION  BUILDING  AND  GRAND  PLAZA. 


SOUTH  CANAL  PROM  THE  COLONNADE 


JAPANESE  HO-O-DEN— Wooded  Island. 
This  building  has  been  presented  to  the  Park  Commissioners,  and  will  remain  in  its  present  locatlc 


WEST  ENTRANCE  TO  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 


INTERIOR   OF   GOVERNMENT  BUILDING. 


DETAIL  OF  STATUE  SOUTH  OF  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 
Showing  Statue  of  the  Republic  and  Peristyle. 


DETAIL,  OF  STATUE  NORTH  OF  AGRICULTURAL  BUILDING. 
Showing  Peristyle  and  Statue  of  the  Republic. 


PERISTYLE,  PIER  AND  LAKE  FROM  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 


BATTLESHIP   "ILLINOIS. 
Size  348  by  69  feet  3  inches. 


KAST  END  OF  MACHINERY  HALL  AND  COLONNADE. 


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VIEW   SOUTH  FROM  ELECTRICITY  BUILDING. 


FISHERIES  BUILDING. 
Size  3<55  by  165  feet.     Floor  area  :!  uuiv.-.    Cost,  $22."  000 


THE   PERISTYLE. 

vide;  00  feet  high.     Bears  48  columns,  representing  States  and 
es.    Cost,  $300,000. 


MIXING,  ELECTRICITY  AND  WEST  ENTRANCE  TO  MANUFACTURES. 


VIEW  OF  ADMINISTRATION  BUILDING  BY  NIGHT 


AGRICULTURAL  BUILDING  AND   MACMONNIES  FOUNTAIN. 


CONVENT  OF  LA  RABIDA. 


UNITED  STATES   LIFE-SAVING   STATION. 


DETAIL  OF  MACMONNIE'S  FOUNTAIN. 


UNITED  STATES  WEATHER  BUREAU 
And  Life-Saving  Station. 


G.  A.  R.  PARADE  PASSING   HORTICULTURAL  BUILDING. 


LOOKING  UP  THE  NORTH  CANAL. 


ELECTRIC  FOUNTAIN. 


INTERIOR  VIEW  O7  HORTICULTURE  BUILDING. 


NORTH  INLET  AND   FISHERIES  BUILDING. 


FROM  THE  WOODED  ISLAND  LOOKING   SOUTH. 


MANUFACTURES  BUILDING  FROM  THE  SOUTH. 


CARAVEL  "SANTA  MARIA.' 


CUFF  DWELLTCRS. 


YUCATAN  RUINS. 


THE  WINDMILLS. 


WHITE  STAR  LINE   STEAMSHIP  AND  CHILDREN'S  BUILDINGS. 


MACMONNIE'S   FOUNTAIN  AND  MACHINERY  HALL. 


CLIFF  DWELLERS  AND  RUINS  OF  YUCATAN. 


BATTLESHIP   "ILLINOIS"  AND  PROW  OF  VIKING. 


BRITISH  COLUMBIA  INDIAN  DOOR  POSTS  OR  TOTEM  POLES. 


FOUNTAIN  IN  FRONT  OF  GERMAN  BUILDING. 


RUINS  OF  YUCATAN. 


EAST  SIDE  OP  HORTICULTURAL  BUILDING. 


NORTH   END  OF  ELECTRICITY   AND  MINES  AND  MINING  BUILDINGS. 


VIEW  OF  NORTH  END  OF  GROUNDS. 
Showing  State  Building?. 


VIEW  OF  NORTH  END  OF  GROUNDS. 

Showing  State  Buildings. 


ARKANSAS  STATE  BUILDING 


CALIFORNIA   STATE  BUILDING. 
Next  to  Illinois,  the  largest  State  Building.    Size,  144  by  435  feet.    Cost,  $75,000. 


INTERIOR  OF  CALIFORNIA  STATE  BUILDING. 


ROOF  GARDEN,  CALIFORNIA  BUILDING. 


COLORADO  STATE  BUILDING. 

Size,  125  by  45  feet.     Cost,  $35 ,000. 


CONNECTICUT  STATE  BUILDING. 


DELAWARE  STATE  BUILDING. 


FLORIDA  STATE  BUILDING. 


IDAHO   STATE   BUILDING. 


ILLINOIS  BUILDING. 
Largest  State  building.     Size,  160  by  450  feet.     Cost,  $250,000. 


IOWA  STATE  BUILDING. 

Size,  60  by  100  feet.    Cost,  $35,000. 


JOINT  TERRITORIAL  BUILDING-Arizona,  New  Mexico,  Oklahoma. 


KANSAS   STATE  BUILDING, 


KENTUCKY  STATE  BUILDING. 


LOUISIANA  STATE  BUILDING. 


MASSACHUSETTS   STATE   BUILDING. 


MINNESOTA   STATE  BUILDING. 


MISSOURI  STATE  BUILDING. 


MONTANA  STATE  BUILDING. 


NEBRASKA  STATE  BUILriNG. 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE   STATE   BUILDING 


NEW  JERSEY  STATE  BUILDING. 


NEW  YORK  STATE   BUILDING. 

Size,  160  by  105  feet.     Cost,  $150,000. 


NORTH  DAKOTA  STATE  BUILDING. 


OHIO  STATE  BUILDING 


PENNSYLVANIA  STATE   BUILDING. 

Size,  110  by  166  feet.    Cost,  $60,000.     Exact  reproduction  of  old  "  Independence  Hall. 
Contains  Independence  Bell. 


RHODE   ISLAND   STATE   BUILDING. 


SOUTH  DAKOTA  STATE  BUILDING 


TEXAS  STATE  BUILDING. 


UTAH  STATE   BUILDING. 


VERMONT  STATE  BUILDING. 


STATUARY  IN  COURT  OF  VERMONT  BUILDING. 


VIRGINIA  STATE  BUILDING— Mount  Vernon. 


WASHINGTON   STATE   BUILDING. 


WEST  VIRGINIA  STATE  BUILDING 


WISCONSIN  AND  INDIANA  STATE  BUILDINGS. 
Wisconsin,  80  by  90  feet,  Cost  $30.000.     Indiana,  100  by  125  feet,  Cost  $65,000. 


OLD  RED  RIVER  CART. 
Between  North  Dakota  and  Kansas  State  Buildingrs. 


LEATHER  AND  SHOE  BUILDING 


FORESTRY  BUILDING. 


ANTHROPOLOGICAL  BUILDING. 


GOVERNMENT  PLAZA 


INTERIOR  OP  ELECTRICITY  BUILDING  AT  NIGHT. 


SOUTH  POND— WHALING  BARK  "PROGRESS. 


BUILDING    OP  COSTA  RICA. 


INDIA  BUILDING. 


BUILDING  OF  NEW  SOUTH  WALES. 


BUILDING  OF  CEYLON. 


BUILDING   OP  HAYTI. 


BUILDING  OF  SPAIN. 


SWEDISH   BUILDING. 

Built  in  Sweden.     Cost,  $40,000. 


BUILDING  OF  GUATEMALA. 


BUILDING   OF   COLOMBIA. 


BUILDING  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN—"  Victoria  House. 


BUILDING  OF  VENEZUELA. 


BUILDING  OF  FRANCE. 


FOUNTAIN  IN  COURTYARD  OF  FRENCH  BUILDING. 


ENTRANCE  TO  FRENCH  DEPARTMENT  IN  MANUFACTURES   BUILDING. 


TURKISH  BUILDING. 


BUILDING  OF  BRAZIL. 


KRUPP  GUN  BUILDING. 

Contains  largest  cannon  ever  cast.    Weight  of  exhibits,  957  tons,  valued  at  $1,000,000. 
The  124-ton  gun  cost  $50,000  to  make. 


VIEW  FROM  NORTH  END  OF  ELECTRICITY  BUILDING. 


MAIN  ENTRANCE  TO  HORTICULTURAL  BUILDING 


Handings  in  the  Uistar 


SOUTHEAST  FROM  ELECTRICITY  BUILDING. 
Showing  southwest  corner  Manufactures  and  Agricultural  Building. 


VIEW   EAST   FROM   MACHINERY   HALL. 


VIEW  FROM  59TH   STREET  STATION  INTRAMURAL  RAILWAY. 


NORTH   FROM   MINES   AND   MINING   BUILDING. 


MANUFACTURES  BUILDING  FROM  LAKE  SHORE. 


ACROSS  THE  GRAND  PLAZA  FROM   MACHINERY  HALL,. 


GRAND  CANAL-AGRICULTURE  AND   MACHINERY  HALL. 


INTERIOR  VIEW  OF   MANUFACTURES   BUILDING. 


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NORTH  FROM  ROOF  OF  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 


VENETIAN  GONDOLA  AND  JAPANESE   HO-O-DEN 


NORTHWEST  FROM  ROOF  OF  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 


AUSTRIAN  EXHIBIT  IX  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 


ELECTRICITY  BUILDING,  ELECTRIC  FOUNTAIN  AND  MANUFACTURES  BUILDING. 

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BRIDGE  ON  WOODED  ISLAND. 


MUSICIANS— World's  Congress  of  Beauty. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


VILLAGE  OF  IRISH  INDUSTRIES— Blarney  Castle. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


AZTEC  RUIN'S  AND  ELECTRIC  THEATRE, 
Midway  Plaisance. 


LJBBEY  GLASS  WORKS 
Midway  Plaisance. 


HAGENBECK'S  ARENA. 

Midway  Plaisance. 


IN  THE   SAMOAN  VILLAGE. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


SOUTH  SEA  ISLANDERS. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


SAMOAN  VILLAGE. 

Midway  Plaisance. 


JOHORE   BUNGALOW. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


JAVANESE  VILLAGE. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


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Midway  Plalsance. 


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JAPANESE  BAZAR. 

Midway  Pluisance. 


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GERMAN  VILLAGE. 

Midway  Plaisanct. 


FRENCH  CIDER  PRESS 
Midway  Plaisance. 


ALGERIAN  AND  TUNISIAN  PALACE  AND  THEATRE. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


STREET  OP  CONSTANTINOPLE. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


PANORAMA  OP  KLLAUEA. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


EIFEL  TOWER  PAVILION. 
Midway  Plaisauce. 


DAMASCAN  SWORDSMEN— Street  in  Cairo. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


T.APANT2SE  BAZAR 

Midway  Plaisanee. 


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IRISH  VILLAGE— Donegal  Castlt 
Midway  PI  (usance. 


DETAIL  OF  FERRIS  WHEEL. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


LOOKING  NORTHEAST  FROM  FERRIS  WHEEL. 


LOOKING   SOUTHEAST  FROM  FERRIS  WHEEL. 


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CATHEDRAL  OF  ST.  PETER  AT  ROME. 
Reproduction— Midway  Plaisance. 


NEW  ENGLAND  KITCHEN. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


SCENE  IN  OLD  VIENNA. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


FERRIS  WHEEL  FROM  "OLD  VIENNA.' 


VIENNA  CAFE  AND  FERKIS  WHEEL. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


CAPTIVE  BALOON. 

Midway  Plaisance. 


CHINESE  THEATRE. 

Midway  Plaisanee. 


PARADE  PASSING  EAST  ON  MIDWAY  PLAISANCE  ON  OPENING  DAY. 


OSTRICH  FARM. 

Midway  Plaisance. 


LAPLAND  VILLAGE. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


BEDOUIN  LIFE  IN  THE  DESERT-"  Dress  Parade. 
Midway  Plaisance. 


ON  THE    MIDWAY. 


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